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UPDATE: Male sustains ‘multiple gunshot wounds’ in Purcell Estate shooting

October 27th, 2025 | Tags: shots gunshots Purcell Estate high alert reports
The bullet riddled car in which a male was injured during a shooting in Purcell Estate last night, October 26, 2025. Photo: Team of Reporters
Police on the scene of the shooting in Purcell Estate last night, October 26, 2025. Photo: Team of Reporters
Police on the scene of the shooting in Purcell Estate last night, October 26, 2025. Photo: Team of Reporters
Reports reaching our News Centre indicate sounds believed to be gunshots were heard in the Purcell Estate area of Tortola this evening, Sunday, October 26, 2025. Photo: Internet Source/File
Reports reaching our News Centre indicate sounds believed to be gunshots were heard in the Purcell Estate area of Tortola this evening, Sunday, October 26, 2025. Photo: Internet Source/File
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has since confirmed reports of a shooting incident in Purcell Estate shortly before 9:00 PM on Sunday, October 26, 2025, a story first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO).

According to the RVIPF in a press statement late last night, one male was transported to Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital with “multiple gunshot wounds”.

Reports reaching our News Centre are that the victim was in a vehicle when he came under heavy gunfire.

Police said further details would be provided as they become available.

See previous article published October 26, 2025

Reports of gunshots in Purcell Estate

Reports reaching our News Centre indicate sounds believed to be gunshots were heard in the Purcell Estate area of Tortola this evening, Sunday, October 26, 2025.

The alleged gunshots were heard just before 9:00 PM.

It is unclear to our News Centre at this time whether anyone has been injured.

We will continue to work on more details for this developing story.

The territory is currently on high alert, with two "armed and dangerous" fugitives on the run.

35 Responses to “UPDATE: Male sustains ‘multiple gunshot wounds’ in Purcell Estate shooting”

  • Yo (26/10/2025, 21:25) Like (23) Dislike (26) Reply
    Damn just in time for prisoners escaping . Like them done Start to practice alrdy

    Look wa the UK do us mehson . Natalie need do a press release and give him self another raise after that hard wuk lol
  • Woman problem (26/10/2025, 21:27) Like (93) Dislike (17) Reply
    Y’all couldn’t even find small Brent. Good luck finding this guy in this criminal community that love to hide criminals then talk bad the police. Clown community.

    Women hiding gunman and drug man and even going as far has holding guns and drugs for their illiterate boyfriends cuz “she luv bad man”

    only to get cheated on, end up a single mother, unmarried, or get STDs. The same women you see dress up nice and professional in office spaces, government, beauty pageant etc. some real nasty women don’t mind the pretty face and body them laying some nasty dogs you won’t touch a stick with and have the logical thinking of a toddler. Once you realise that they don’t seem so attractive no more just feel petty for them.

    But anyways y’all need overhaul that prison. Big 2025 and we still got fences and wooden doors can we get an increase on the prison budget instead of pay raises for politicians again thnx
    • Ohhh (26/10/2025, 21:44) Like (27) Dislike (31) Reply
      Who hurt you buddy!!!?
    • facts (26/10/2025, 22:24) Like (15) Dislike (19) Reply
      You venting your past or present?
    • Happy (27/10/2025, 00:55) Like (17) Dislike (27) Reply
      You seem upset. Your woman leave you for "a bad man".
    • @comments to woman problems (27/10/2025, 11:00) Like (21) Dislike (3) Reply
      If y'all check the likes to dislike on that comment you will see the greater majority in agreement with me .. I guess that means everyone woman leave them for a bad man? Lol



      I could never be attracted to any of these type of woman that chase bad man or fast life. So I could never end up with woman who would leave me for a bad or gun man.



      I'm just stating the facts.

      Our last case was two gun man who shot and killed and unarmed old woman and two young girls was willing to hide and hold the guns for those clowns... I guess that's what y'all endorse? Y'all don't mind that? The Jose guy is the same situation.

      Is woman had to sell him out of jealousy cuz he had too much. Is many woman who was aware he of him and knew he was wanted but hide him cuz them love badman


      How would you feel your family or friend dead or catch a stay bullet from a gunman where a lot of woman hiding him or refusing to tell the police about the gunman? So you friend or family dead or caught a stray bullet for some dum women who love bad man only got them to end up cheated on or a single mother or unmarried


      Your family or friends got injured or died for their stupidity and vain lifestyle..


      It's not about woman sleeping with criminals. It's that fact they are willing to endanger everyone lives by supporting these clowns . So nobody hurt me but those same games will hurt one of y'all or family or friends all bciz sum dum illogical woman or girl was attracted to a badman on the run lol.

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      But keep endorsing wrong and making fun of people who pointing out the obvious. The roosters will come home to roost just like the young people them going around committing robberies and gun crimes back to back but ain finish highschool. Yalll ignore the issue so long now them young boys and young girls giving it back to y'all deep. The same young kids y'all got on jueve and festival exposed to songs and certain lifestyle about guns drugs rum sex gangs and violence. The same young people that y'all encouraged to say fk 12. The same young kids y'all see throwing up gangs signs in pics . The same young kids y'all got dancehall artist and local artist with big gold chains singing to them about gangs violence drugs fast life sex etc. now them same young kids in all of we hole with guns robberies back to back. Now the same party life people fraud to go out late and calling police to be present lol the same police them hate and didn't want to be present for festivals and jueve lol very ironic.


      Have fun.
      • @ @comments to woman problems (27/10/2025, 13:29) Like (1) Dislike (12) Reply
        Crazy part iis ..the mouth and brains god give you ..you on here typing out paragraphs on things you don’t know. Thing about..how Jose get rat on ..when the police been watching him for some days ..they was scared to go and approach him at his house ..had to wait until he left to go at him..secondly ..you on here talking about everything under the sun about what who doing and what who ain’t doing this and that ..but it look like is only in tola we got issues ..no o where else in the world ..got the problems we got ..if you would read your bible ..it talk about these same things you seeing ..just stay woke buddy
    • @Woman Prob (27/10/2025, 16:36) Like (1) Dislike (6) Reply
      U r on the wrong platform. U need 2 c a psychologist who ever that woman is that hurt u I hope u don't get in trouble 4 u.
      OMG !!!!!
    • Ykkss (27/10/2025, 22:02) Like (0) Dislike (3) Reply
      You need to ho talk to the woman who hurt you! Not us! We dont care…..
  • BuzzBvi (26/10/2025, 21:41) Like (18) Dislike (2) Reply
    Stake out Tops and Maddox. They will be stopping by to get portraits done for the HOA at some point.
  • WOW (26/10/2025, 21:48) Like (61) Dislike (4) Reply
    Really think everybody that was on the shift last night at the prison should be suspended and be investigated because something is total wrong and you guy are really putting the community lifes in danger.
  • Endtimes (26/10/2025, 22:03) Like (28) Dislike (4) Reply
    So strange. The two prisoners escaped last evening at 9:00. Now gunshots tonight at 9:00.

    Very! Very ! Strange, By the way, how did they manage to escape in the first place? Heads must roll up Balo! Something is fishy!!
  • hmm (26/10/2025, 22:28) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    I know I wasn’t crazy
  • Road Town Rebel (26/10/2025, 23:28) Like (1) Dislike (5) Reply
    Is it factual that the escapees are armed? Wow
  • @Woman problem (26/10/2025, 23:30) Like (10) Dislike (11) Reply
    Those kind of women is called DIRTY DAMAGED GOODS. ONCE A WOMAN IS LABELED AS DAMAGED GOODS IT’S A WRAP FOR HER EVEN THE BAD MAN AND GANGSTER MAN IS GOING TO REJECT HER. THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGED GOODS WOMEN WALKING AROUND TORTOLA.
  • Clown town (27/10/2025, 05:27) Like (30) Dislike (8) Reply
    Bvi is clown town run by corrupt politics and crooked cops
  • ... (27/10/2025, 06:32) Like (12) Dislike (1) Reply
    They already said we not allowed to protect ourselves legally not down to a taser. But these criminals & murders who escaped are considered armed and dangerous. Insane policy.
    • Get Serious.. Gold. Drugs.Guns (27/10/2025, 09:02) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
      Bring the Drug Squad back..Drugs and Guns walk together..Also with the Drug Squad of 6 people 1/ Insp..1 Sarge...4/ conatables 3 male one female...Rotate in day and night shift, more plane clothes on the streetts at night..Trained to mingle, trained to observed, trained on proper survellance,,Train on how to deal with and handle informants, the chanels and protocols standard for informants..Inspector must know all informants there must be a suspect and informant code that only the insp and investigating officer must know....For more info and how to put a productive drugs squad together contact...Tanger at 1340-100- 1000.
  • ... (27/10/2025, 08:07) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    They are not scared of town always popping off in the center of the BVI
  • smh (27/10/2025, 08:13) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
    Look like they release these 2 criminal to do a job
  • asking for a friend (27/10/2025, 09:20) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    If somebody kill one, will they get jail time?
  • 2024 (27/10/2025, 09:40) Like (11) Dislike (2) Reply
    some of us from Road Town and well over 60 years never imagine our country will be riddled with all manner of criminals and crime especially gun crime

    can you imagine being the right place at the wrong time with your family(your children) and coming under gunfire That has nothing to do with you

    Our country was so quiet and peaceful and suddenly all manner of gun crime which could be associated with the drug trade
  • The muffin man (27/10/2025, 09:46) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    From that Spanish man escaped from prison the shooting started.
  • Hola (27/10/2025, 10:42) Like (8) Dislike (5) Reply
    Since the Spanish takeover-gun crimes gone crazy and drug trafficking with Main Street now Spanish Street
  • Make things make sense (27/10/2025, 11:52) Like (19) Dislike (1) Reply
    No one walked into the prison with guns blazing and break these two inmates out.Someone that works in that prison got PAID $$$$$ to aid in the escape and allowed it to happen. Every employee in that prison needs to be throughly INVESTIGATED. If heads need to roll then so be it. This is very serious and the Citizens OF THE TERRITORY HAS BEEN PLACED IN DANGER
  • WOW (27/10/2025, 12:10) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Bring Back CRACKDOWN
  • Yes (27/10/2025, 13:33) Like (7) Dislike (3) Reply
    That guy was living next to David Archer the house is garage f a f and yo killer hit man 25 guns and $50mi in drugs, David Archer turn a blind eyes when he got raid
  • @ HAPPY (27/10/2025, 15:08) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    NOPE , THE B*TCH LEFT , BUT YO MOMMA STAYED , SO U CAN ENJOY YHE DAMAGED GOODS , U GOT MY BLESSINGS
    • @@Happy (27/10/2025, 19:23) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      Lmaooooo! My sentiments exactly! Idiots dey bout! Braggadocious set of clowns! Let Happy FOR NOW, no facts JUST OPINIONS, ohhhhh TIME WILL TELL, and in his feelings OVER NADA learn the hard way. A lot of pretty stupids roaming this side of the planet. A toast to the lot of you! Bruh!!!!!
  • hey (27/10/2025, 16:19) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    Even the bad men don’t want any damaged goods women. A damaged good woman is no use to any man be it he is bad or good. No matter how good or pretty they may be or what kind of job they have they are damage beyond repair. You can’t turn a damaged woman into a wife or house wife.
  • I hang with them drug dealers (27/10/2025, 19:28) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Them guards let them man out for 25k and any info the police give the guards the guards giving them man


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